Sydhey albert



S. ALBERT.

lCOLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED IuIIE Ie. I9I9.

Patented Nov. 18, 1919.

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` SYDNEY ALBERT, F NASHVLLE, TENNESSEE.

COLLAR. 1. l

`speicanonofneuers'rateat; Patent-,m1 New-,A135 1919,

Application meri. qaaeie, i919. serial No. 304,462.

Be it known that I, SYDNEY ALBERT, a citizen of the United States, andaresident oiE Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State oiTennessee, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Collars,ot `which the following is a specification.

- My invention relates to collars, and has reference more particularlyto soft fold-collars wherein it is desirable to have the ends ol" theoldedbver top olf the collar held closely to the band of the collar.

The main object oi my invention is to provide means for holding a softcollar in shape as to be form litting.

Another object is to provide simple, cheap and efiicient means wherebythe ends of the foldedbver top can be held closely to the band of thecollar.

With these and other objects in view, my invention consists in certainnovel features ot construction, arrangement and combina tion ol" partsas will be hereinafte1--more 'lfully described and pointed out in theclaims, reference being had to the drawing in which:

Figure il is a perspective view of a collar embodying my invention, A

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one end oi a so'l't :told-collar embodying myinvention with the inside of the top of the collar opened out,

F ig. 3 is a similar view of the other end of A the collar.

Referring more specifically to the drawings, 5 is the band and 6 the topor :told-over of the collar, both of which may be made soi't or notstarched stiiily; the band and top are of a type very much used and wellknown to the public, the flap having the button holes 7, 8, and 9 andthe button 10.

rllhe top member 6 is folded over on the band 5 along its line ofattachment thereto in the usual manner. y

ln carryingV out my invention, I secure to the inner tace of the topfold near one end a tape or strap 1l having at its 'free end a buttonengaging means such as a buttonhole 12; the other en-d oli this tape maybe attached to the fold by stitching or other suitable means; thebuttonhole 12 is to fit over the usual front collar button B as will belater reprovide a loop structure the opening thereoi.I having adirection approximately perpendicular to the line of fold between theband and the top.

(lne method olif securing such a loop is to stitch. to the inside oit'the top adjacent the end thereof, a strip of flexible material lid, thestitching being' done at the eXtreme ends la, thus leavinga free spacel5 between the strip and the inner face of the top fold t as plainlyseen in Fig. 2, and it will be noticed that by this method of .securingthe loop that the tape or strip forming the same is disposedhorizontally and that it is located at about the longitudinal axis orcenter of the fold member 6; it will further be noticed that by` soapplying the strip that an elongated loop structure is secured so thatthe flat tape or strap ll can readily pass through the loop.

rlhe tape or strap ll is also llat and it is disposed at about thelongitudinal axis or ierred to, but other means for engaging the.

opposite end oi. the top lold 6, l propose to center of the top foldmember G, so that it will be in substantial horizontal alinement withthe loop element on the other end oi the collar.

rlhe operation is as lollows:

The collar having been secured to the neclcband oi? the shirt bybuttonhole, and the front ends of the collar connected in the usualmanner and secured to the front collar button B, the tape or strap l1 isdrawn across the space between the ends of the collar over the frontflap F beneath the opposite end oi" top fold and threaded through theloop, pulled downwardly and forwardly and the buttonhole l2 engaged withthe front collar button B; this draws the ends of the collar togetherand maintains them in place and prevents the top iold 6 from bulging outoit shape, and the collar from collapse by wilting.

. The use of the strap ll in no way interferes with the easy tying of aknot in the neclrtie, andindeed theneclrtie conceals the strap and itsconnections from view when properly positioned.

If desired the loop strip may be evolved by making parallel horizontalslits slightly spaced apart, in the inner layer of the top fold.

I claim i l. A fold-collar including a band member having a buttonholeadjacent one end adapted to engage a collar button, a foldovertopmember, a flexible tape or strap atcached at one end to and extending`from the inner face of one end of said top ineinlier and having collarbutton engaging means at its free end, a horizontally disposed loop onthe inner face of the opposite end of the said top member, said tape'orstrap adapted to be passed through said loop and then connected With thecollar button by the button engaging' ineans at its free end.

2. A fold-Collar comprising a band meinber having an end button hole, afold-over top ineinber, a strap or tape secured at one end to the innerface o1 the folded top, adjacent one end and at approximately itslongitudinal center, said strap having collarbutton enga-ging means atits free end, and a flat strip horizontall)7 disposed and rigidlysecured at its ends to the inner face of the opposite end of the foldtop and in horizontal alinelnent with the aforesaid tape or strap.

SYDNEY ALBER'I.

